ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Plano, Texas, has been assigned a patent (9,656,077) developed by Dirk De Ridder, Dunedin, New Zealand, for "combination of tonic and burst stimulations to treat neurological disorders."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 1, 2016 (15/254,432). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9 . . .